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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:55 pm
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I recently bought my first cauldron, albiet it's made of thin plastic and I got it at iParty. I plan on celebrating solitarily, this will be my first samhain ritual. I don't have an altar, I don't have an athame, wand, etc. I have 2 plates (or napkins, I don't know yet), some store-brand brownie snacks, organic apple juice, and I'm still trying to get my hands on a black or white candle. Preferably white.
Despite the material setbacks, I feel like I've done pretty well for myself (considering my age, the lack of a job, and my general laziness).
So how will you be celebrating? What was your first Samhain like?
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:36 pm
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I am so excited for you, this being your first samhain. My first Samhain I was still living with my family and I had to hide my beliefs, so I waited until everyone else went to sleep and then just lit a candle and meditated on lost loved ones and my ancestors. It was a wonderful ritual, despite being so simple, so don't think for a moment that your lack of tools makes a difference. As long as you are present and honoring The Lord and Lady, they will hear you and pay as much attention to you as they do to the people with $200 Athames and specialty incense.
As for me, I will be focusing most of my spirit connections to my brother in law, who died this summer in a car accident, then a basic "Hey gods, what up, i love you" ritual (Yes, I really do call it that...)
Then stay up till midnight and start writing my Nanowrimo novel!
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:07 am
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I really need to stop squeeing every time I see a NaNo banner xd
I'm celebrating Beltaine. I'm still not sure what I'm doing.... I'll meditate on Walpurgisnacht and light a candle for Hel. It's like the last rememberance of the dead and the heroes, and a reminder that death continues even in the midst of life and growth.
My guess is that we do this so that we can get it "over with" and concentrate purely on sex and joy and life on May Day itself.
May Day... I dunno... The Heathen half of me says "Heathens honour Freyr and Freyja and you should too" and y'know, I think I will. I'm not drawn to them in the same sort of way that I am to Thor or Odinn or even Frigga, but I do like, respect and honour them. So I may well do something that involves them in some way. At any rate there will be a blot of some kind.
And then, WRITING!
On Astronomical Beltaine, which is... on about the 7th, I think, I'll do my, um, Neo-Wiccan-inspired trad-witchy ritual thing. For the Lord and Lady. wink
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:14 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:24 pm
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This will actually be my second Samhain, and so what I'm doing is getting together with a coven member of mine and her mother, a voluntary solitary, I call her (the rest of the coven members... well let's just say they're on the fritz). We'll probably just have a good time, talk about "our witchy thing" as it tends to be called with us, and then do a quick candle ritual of sorts and just honour the God and Goddess.
My first Samhain, though, was actually when I finally gave into my draw and got myself a few books on paganism and did a brief sort of, "Hey, I'm finally here, don't plan on leaving anytime soon" sort of thing, then stayed up until midnight or something reading the books and highlighting them like crazy.
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:38 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:50 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:52 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:58 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:03 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:55 pm
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Socially Inept Butterfly The Amazing Jabels How is Samhain supposed to be celebrated, anyway? And what is it? Straight from Wikipedia: Samhain (in English pronounced /ˈsaʊn/, /ˈsaʊɪn/ or /ˈsawɪn/,[1] from Irish samhain /ˈsˠaunʲ/, Scottish samhuinn /ˈsavɯɲ/, Old Irish samain /savanʲ/) is a festival on the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, with aspects of a Festival of the Dead. It is popularly regarded as 'The Celtic New Year'. The term derives from the name of a month in the ancient Celtic calendar, in particular the first three nights of this month, with the festival marking the end of the summer season and the end of the harvest. The Gaelic festival became associated with the Catholic All Souls' Day, and appears to have influenced the secular customs now connected with Halloween. Samhain is also the name of a festival in various currents of Neopaganism inspired by Gaelic tradition. Ah, thanks.
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:58 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:35 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:06 pm
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